Flying Mount Vid

[DenzelTaru]

the advert before the video is longer than the actual video

[MageBlack]

Why fly when I can teleport

Can only fly in the 3.0 areas and i would be willing to bet there are going to be way fewer teleport points.

[Velox]

Can only fly in the 3.0 areas and i would be willing to bet there are going to be way fewer teleport points.

Most likely this. The only reason the Aetheryte network exists is because it is maintained and protected. Once we start venturing into areas less populated, unexplored, or conquered by beasts/Garlemald, our access to teleportation will be severely limited. Flying will become the most efficient form of travel.

[Fyrebrand]

I assume flying will be restricted only to new areas, and not pre-existing ones. I wonder if new open-world areas will transition seamlessly, allowing us to fly across them as one larger whole -- or if they will remain separate, and still make us transition between maps at specific points?

[Duelle]

mini golf course of Bahamut.

I demand that this be an attraction/game at the Golden Saucer.

[Felis]

Why fly when I can teleport

You can only teleport to a flying island with an Aetherite (if the Aetherite would not be on the ground), not to the flying islands without an Aetherite

[Rivest]

So chickens can fly!

No seriously though, in which final fantasy has a chocobo ever done more than glide over a small distance?
I thought it's also been stated in many games that chocobos do not have the capability of flight.

I mean... dem wings....

Golden Chocobo in FF IX can fly.

[Recaldy]

There better be a pig mount.

[OMG]

I just hope the city skies in the new areas aren't clogged up with hundreds of people afking on their flying mounts like in WoW. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[Shougun]

I would like to counter with "Why teleport, when I could fly?!"

Yes~ !

I'm not sure how or why SE would spend the money to do it, but -if- they made a world map like they did in FFXI and a few other 3d FF - I would love to ride my airship/mount on it like a classic FF game (/only/ able to depart/arrive from major locations like Aetherytes and maybe hamlets). To offset the gil sync from teleports they could make a maintenance fee (that is optional, for those who don't care to use the feature), if you seldom travel you'd be better off teleporting, but if you travel frequently with distances the cost/time would greatly lean towards using your airship/mount. Depending on the detail (load on system) you might even be able to have it pop up like a "Skyrim" map (facing three loading screens wouldn't be that cool, specially for ps3 users). Also may use a world map as a way to add unique locations that may not make sense to be connected by the conventional zoning system (floating Fortress not found in Ishgard sky?).

They said way back when they were working on a world map but it wouldn't be ready for 2.0, curious if they scrapped it or not. Scenic mode where you just hang out above an area, Fishing with your feet off the deck over an ocean or deep ravine (cloud fishing). Would probably instance all this so it doesn't look bad (too much 'world map' clutter).

Unlikely though xD.